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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Dick Adams voted No in this free vote
Tony Abbott voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Dick Adams and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 0.4% of the time
Dick Adams
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons March 1993 – September 2013
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Dick Adams and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 753 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 750 times. They have only voted the same 3 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 750 times. They have only voted the same 3 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Dick Adams voted Yes
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Dick Adams voted Yes
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance